PGA TOUR 2k25 - Announced, releasing February 28th 2025

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PGA TOUR 2k25 has officially been announced as the successor to PGA TOUR 2k23.

When: Release is February 28th for the standard edition, early access for the deluxe and legend editions is February 21st (7 days early access) on:
Playstation 5
Xbox Series S|X
PC

Features:
Brand new EvoSwing. Swing your swing and play your game with a new system that truly nails the feel of handling a golf club. PGA TOUR 2K25 has new shot types, ball flights, roll physics, and visual improvements. Playing golf has never felt more realistic.

New MyPlayer and MyCareer. Show your authentic self with the most diverse, customizable MyPLAYER experience yet. Become a legend with a new MyPLAYER Progression system, overhauled and expanded Skill Trees, and an all-new Equipment Progression system. Take your customizations into MyCAREER with more ways to play than ever—dynamically simulate rounds or play through extra gameplay moments with all-new training and pre-tournament events.

A 2k first, Official Major tournaments. For the first time in PGA TOUR 2K, make history in Major Championships! The U.S. Open Championship, The Open Championship, and the PGA Championship have arrived for their franchise debut.

New and improved course designer. Take the pencils, rakes, and mowers into your own hands! Design your dream course in the new and improved Course Designer. New tools, surfaces, objects, and a new higher-res terrain system equip you to create even more beautiful courses, faster than ever before. Plus, new camera systems let you show off your courses in all their beauty. Play, publish, and share your custom courses for the entire community to experience.

New online modes.
Play for the top spot in new Ranked Tours daily and weekly tournaments and earn rewards each season as you climb the rankings ladder. Fire up friendly competition with robust multiplayer match formats including Stroke Play, Match Play, or Scramble–online or locally. Take on Ranked Matchmaking and compete at the top level for Seasonal rewards and glory.

Plus in PGA TOUR 2K25, you can challenge your friends wherever they play with new cross-platform Societies where you can create your own community of golfers and customize your own entry requirements and events.

New Seasons. Each PGA TOUR 2K25 Season includes a non-expiring Clubhouse Pass, power increases for equipment progression, Ranked leaderboard resets, regular content updates, and more. Expect regular PGA TOUR Superstore drops, as well as updates to events, challenges, and Quests.

Confirmed Official (licensed) Courses (29 at launch):
Atlantic Beach Country Club
Bay Hill Club & Lodge
Copperhead Course
Detroit Golf Club
East Lake Golf Club
Oakmont Country Club (2025 U.S. Open)
Payne's Valley
Pebble Beach
Pinehurst Resort & Country Club (Course No. 2)
Quail Hollow (2025 PGA Championship)
Riviera Country Club
Royal Portrush Golf Club (2025 Open Championship)
Spyglass Hill
St. George's Golf & Country Club
Top of the Rock
Torrey Pines
TPC Boston
TPC Deere Run
TPC Louisiana
TPC River Highlands
TPC San Antonio
TPC Sawgrass
TPC Scottsdale
TPC Southwind
TPC Summerlin
TPC Twin Cities

The Old Course at St. Andrews (Coming in Season 2)

Confirmed Playable Golfers (11 at launch):
Professional Golfers
Tiger Woods
Max Homa
Matt Fitzpatrick
Collin Morikawa
Justin Thomas
Tom Kim
Tony Finau
Will Zalatoris
Brooke Henderson
Lydia Ko
Rose Zhang

Bonus Players
Chris McDonald (AKA Shooter McGavin from Happy Gilmore). Pre-order bonus character, Deluxe and Legend editions.

Unconfirmed Playable Golfers (mentioned in official documents):
Luke Kwon (PGA TOUR Creator Classic winner, prize to be included in the 2k game)
Michael Jordan (Mentioned in PGA TOUR website article)
Steph Curry (Mentioned in PGA TOUR website article)
John Cena (Mentioned in PGA TOUR website article)
Gareth Bale (Mentioned in PGA TOUR website article)
Barstool Golf (Mentioned in PGA TOUR website article)
Dude Perfect (Mentioned in PGA TOUR website article)

Confirmed Brands:
Adidas
Nike Golf
Malbon Golf
Lulu Lemon
Barstool Golf
Extra Butter
Puma Golf
Callaway
TaylorMade
Cobra
Mizuno
Titleist

Versions:
Standard
Includes instant access to PGA TOUR 2k23

Deluxe Edition:​

PGA TOUR 2K25​

Up to 7-Day Early Access (from February 21st, 2025)​

Early Birdie Bonus (from February 21st, 2025)​

PGA TOUR 2K23 Standard Digital Edition (digital)​

The Birdie Pack​

• Titleist GT4 Driver​
• Titleist Golf Ball Cosmetic​
• FootJoy Premiere Series Shoes​
• Umbrella Hat​

The Starter Pack​

• 1 Evo Tool​
• 5 Level-Up Tokens​
• 5 Club Fittings​
• 3 Ball Fittings​
• 1,800 VC​

Extra Butter x adidas Pack​

• Chris McDonald playable character​
• Extra Butter x adidas hat​
• Extra Butter x adidas jacket​
• Extra Butter x adidas shoes​

Legend Edition:
Includes everything the Deluxe Edition has, plus:​

SUN DAY RED Pack​

• SUN DAY RED Red Polo​
• SUN DAY RED Black Hat​
• SUN DAY RED Black Pants​
• SUN DAY RED White Glove​
• Tiger’s TaylorMade Driver Qi10​

Malbon Bucket Ball Pack​

• 3 unique Malbon cosmetic balls​

PGA TOUR 2K25 Member’s Pass***​

• Clubhouse Pass Premium (Seasons 1-5)​
• Clubhouse Gear Pack—one outfit per body type per season; Season 1 items available at launch​

 

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Gameplay Trailer

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Looks good, clear visual improvements over 2k23, not just overall graphics and fidelity, but animations look a lot smoother as well, colour palette is more realistic and lighter, much bigger crowds that look a bit less static than in previous games.

New swing meter looks good, from this shot it appears the swing mechanics will take more in to consideration to bring it closer to real life. 2k23 just had swing path and timing.

Career mode looks a lot more in depth as well in terms of character, looks like there will be a followers system, mimicking social media, as well as interviews and more besides.

 

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A look at the themes/bases for the revamped course creator:

 

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First developer diary with MyCareer and MyPlayer deep dives.

 

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First look demo out now! Featuring the back 9 of Scottsdale, Quests, Training and ability to create up to 3 MyPlayers. Progress and stats carryover to the full game when it releases.

 

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Really enjoyed the first look so far. Evo swing feels really nice, I like the mechanics involved and it does kinda feel like the real golf swing in a lot more ways than the previous 2k games and the EA games. Feel like the mastery curve of this will be a lot steeper which is great.

Player customisation is loads better, can do a lot more with the character models which is excellent, as a larger guy I appreciate that I can rep my body type.

Visually I do feel it's a step up, visuals are much cleaner, crowds look a lot better, animations are a lot sleeker and there already appears to be more of them. The golf swing itself in particular looks a lot more natural and pleasing on the eye. Maybe a touch bright but it's not offensive and the course demoed is a typically very green and bright course. The lessons playing as Tiger on a different course is a little more muted so I do think that will be environment specific. On the whole I think it looks excellent.

Menus will take a bit of getting used to but I think that's because I'm so accustomed to 2k23, but everything looks clearer, easier to read and is divided up in a way that makes more sense.

Negatives, noticed a little bit of stuttering occasionally, but as the final few weeks tend to be around optimisation I'm not too worried. I also didn't noticed a swing calibration setting/mode which I think would be useful as the evoswing is a lot more advanced than what we had before and the swing I feel needs an element of calibration to my personal movement.

Overall, very positive. Looking forward to the full game releasing.

 

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Back to back comparison of 2k23 and 2k25. Huge difference visually, much better looking in 2k25 in my opinion, maybe a tad bright but actually it's pretty accurate to the real course. The grandstands are more accurate and appear in every hole, whereas in 2k23 as you can see the 16th grandstands disappear when you reach the 17th. Textures are much nicer and it generally just feels more alive. Animations are much, much better across the board.